Acraea jodutta
Appearance
Acraea jodutta | |
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Acraea jodutta f. castanea figure 1, Acraea jodutta f. inaureata figure 8 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. jodutta
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Binomial name | |
Acraea jodutta | |
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Acraea jodutta, the jodutta acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Fleurya, Urera, Pouzolzia and Boehmeria species.
Subspecies
- Acraea jodutta jodutta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Zambia)
- Acraea jodutta aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (Ethiopia)
References
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- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 e as carmentis and jodutta
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 a castanea
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- Images representing Acraea jodutta Principe at Bold
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- Acraea jodutta jodutta at Pteron